Green Kyoto

No matter which season you travel to Kyoto in….  you’ll notice the green. At least you will now.

From the depths of winter to the peak of summer Kyoto life remains a calming shade of green in one form or another. I’ve, somewhat embarrassingly, not been completely conscious of it until this very moment  – but I’m now realising that this simple fact may indeed be one of the more significant reasons for why I feel so relaxed and connected when I’m spending time in this beautiful city. Surrounded by the green.  There are many other reasons of course but I hadn’t truly factored this one in until I looked at my collective green focussed images.   My camera worked it out before I did.
A peaceful, inviting, textural green. An evocative, lush and lingering green. Delicious, protective, happy green.
Moss cloaking stone statues and rocks, matcha flavoured sweets, swaying bamboo, early spring greens, young gingko leaves,  subtle sculpted hedges, sushi, koi ponds, tea, ceramics.
Come. Take a look for yourself.
oh,  just before you do – if matcha is your green of choice  – find out a little bit more about it in my story for Kitchen at 9MSN.